vérsele el plumero
Spanish
Etymology
Literally, “[for] his/her feathers to be visible”.
Verb
vérsele el plumero (first-person singular present me le veo el plumero, first-person singular preterite me le vi el plumero, past participle le visto el plumero)
- (idiomatic) to be blindingly obvious
- No habían pasado ni dos horas y al concurso ya se le veía el plumero.
- Not even two hours had gone by and in the competition it was already blindingly obvious.
Further reading
- “vérsele a alguien el plumero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024